Clothesline canopy



May 5, 1936. o. B. TOUT CLOTHESLINE CANOPY Filed April 11, 1954 2Sheets-Sheet l lhwentor (Ittorneg May 5, 1936. T UT 2,039,504

CLOTHESLINE CANOPY Filed April 11, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Snnenfor(lttorneg Patented May 5, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE My inventionrelates to a canopy for a clothes line, and the objects of my inventionare:

First, to provide a canopy wherein the canopy may be readily and quicklypositioned or removed;

Second, to provide an apparatus of this class in which the clothes lineand canopy may be tilted in either direction about a longitudinal axiswhereby the several clothes line units may be lowered within readyreach;

Third, to provide an apparatus of this class wherein the readilytiltable nature thereof enables the canopy therefor to be positioned insuch a manner as to protect the clothes from the sun, thereby providingan apparatus which is particularly suited for drying clothes subject tofading when exposed to the sun;

Fourth, to provide an apparatus of this class in which the canopy may beretained permanently thereupon inasmuch as the clothes may be fastenedto the line without disturbing the canopy;

Fifth, to provide an apparatus of this class which is so arranged thatthe canopy may be fastened thereto and drawn into position with aminimum of effort and without lifting or attempting to throw the canopyover the clothes line frame, thereby providing an apparatus which isparticularly suitable for use by women and chile dren, and

Sixth, to provide on the whole a novelly constructed combined clothesline and canopy which is durable, efficient in its action and which willnot readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafterdescribed in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the charactersof reference thereon which form a part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined clothes line and canopywith the canopy shown fragmentarily; Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentarysectional view through 22 of Fig. 1 showing the relationship of one ofthe cross arms and adjacent post; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewthrough 3-3 of Fig. 1 with the post shown fragmentarily and illustratingby solid lines the normal position of the clothes line and canopy and bydotted lines an inclined position assumed when placing clothes upon theclothes line; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along thesame line as 3-3 but showing the cross arm in a position assumed whenattaching the canvas or canopy prior to positioning the same andillustrating by dotted lines an intermediate position of the cross armduring such operation.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

Posts I, journal bar 2, cross arms 3, bolts 4, spacers 5, brace member6, pins 1, clothes line units 8, canopy supporting lines 9, canopy Ill,anchor hooks l and fasteners l2, constitute the principal parts andportions of my novel combined clothes line and canopy.

A pair of posts or uprights I are provided. These journal a journal bar2 which extends horizontally between the posts. The journal bar 2 isprovided with a cross arm 3 adjacent each post. Each cross arm issecured to the journal bar by means of a bolt or other suitable pin 4extending therethrough so that the cross arms move in unison as thejournal bar 2 is rotated. Spacers 5 may be positioned between the crossarms 3 and their respective posts I.

At one end a cross arm 3 pivotally receives one end of a brace member 6.Said brace member is provided with a plurality of perforations along itsextended portion which are adapted to coact with a pin or several pins 1provided in the corresponding post I. The brace member 5 is so arrangedthat it holds the cross arms in a horizontal position or in an inclinedposition such as shown in Fig. 3, it being noted that the cross arms maybe inclined in either direction.

The normally under sides of the cross arms 3 are connected by aplurality of parallel disposed clothes line units 8 preferably formed ofwire. The outwardly disposed clothes line units may be suspended atshort distance below the cross arm on suitable supports 8a in order toprovide sufficient clearance between the clothes line and the upperedges of the cross arms over which the canopy is positioned, as will bebrought out hereinafter.

The upper edges of the cross arms 3 are connected by a plurality ofcanopy supporting lines 9 over which is positioned a canopy I 0. Byrotating the cross arms 3 until they occupy a position such as thatshown by solid lines in Fig. 4, one edge of the canopy 10' may beattached thereto and for this purpose these ends of the cross arms areprovided with anchor hooks ll. Upon attaching the canopy II] to theanchor hooks II the cross arms are rotated in the direction of thearrows in Fig. 4 with the assistance of the brace member 6 until thecross arms occupy the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 3 in whichthe canopy lies over the top of the canopy supporting lines 9. Theremaining'edge of the canopy may then be secured by suitable fastenersl2.

In placing clothes upon the line first one side and then the other sideis tilted downwardly, as shown in Fig. 3 so that the clothes line unitsare readily accessible, the brace member 6 being used to retain theclothes line in the desired position. By tilting the clothes line andcanopy said canopy may be positioned so as to most effectively shieldthe clothes from the sun.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combinationand arrangement of parts and portions, I do not wish to be limited tothis particular construction, combination and arrangement, but desire toinclude in the scope of my invention the construction, combination andarrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a canopy, a pair of posts, a bar journaled therein, cross armssecured thereto and carried thereby in unison, a plurality of canopysupporting lines connecting said cross arms, said cross arms and linesbeing rotatable a complete revolution in unison, a canopy, and means forattaching a margin of the canopy to corresponding ends of the cross armswhereby upon subsequent rotation of the cross arms the canopy is drawnover the supporting lines.

OTIS B. TOUT.

